A Walmart in Quincy, Massachusetts has been closed after an employee at the store died of COVID-19, according to the city's mayor.It's the second Walmart in Massachusetts to close due to coronavirus.A spokesperson for Walmart said the corporate office has been made aware of the Quincy associate's death and is going through the necessary steps to get confirmation from the health department.The employee, who died Sunday, has not been identified."We certainly express our sympathy to her family," said Quincy Mayor Thomas P. Koch in a video posted to the city's YouTube page."There are no words to express the loss of our associate, and we are mourning alongside their family," reads a statement from Walmart.City officials said 11 employees at the city's Walmart location have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, including the associate who died.According to Koch, the store voluntarily closed down after Quincy Health Commissioner Ruth Jones contacted Walmart's corporate office. Jones said she was not getting information in a timely fashion from the store's managers last week while she was investigating complaints from employees at the Quincy location.“When you’re calling and you’re not getting information back in a timely fashion, it just increases the severity of the situation," she said.“She really wasn’t pleased with their laissez-faire attitude initially," Koch said. "I think she was concerned that they weren’t taking it real seriously.”The location will undergo a deep cleaning and all of its employees will be tested for COVID-19.The store will remain closed until all employees have been tested and enough of them test negative for the coronavirus in order for the location to be managed effectively, according to Jones.Walmart said employee health screenings and temperature checks will continue to be conducted at the Quincy store once it reopens. All employees will also be provided with face masks and gloves.Even though the company agreed to shut down the store voluntarily, Jones would have forced it to happen.“I had a very strong conversation with them and I think it paid off," Jones said.“If they didn’t move to do it, she was going to move to do it," Koch said.Quincy officials did not want to see a repeat of the coronavirus outbreak at the Walmart in Worcester, where 81 of the store's 414 employees tested positive for COVID-19.“We didn’t want to get into that point and I thought it was time that we stopped this," Jones said.Employees at the Quincy Walmart will begin to undergo COVID-19 on Tuesday and Jones said she will be keeping a very close eye on the situation.As of Monday, Koch said there were 885 confirmed coronavirus cases among Quincy residents, including 80 that resulted in death. The mayor said 371 of those residents have fully recovered from the virus.

QUINCY, Mass. —

A Walmart in Quincy, Massachusetts has been closed after an employee at the store died of COVID-19, according to the city's mayor.

It's the second Walmart in Massachusetts to close due to coronavirus.

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A spokesperson for Walmart said the corporate office has been made aware of the Quincy associate's death and is going through the necessary steps to get confirmation from the health department.

The employee, who died Sunday, has not been identified.

"We certainly express our sympathy to her family," said Quincy Mayor Thomas P. Koch in a video posted to the city's YouTube page.

"There are no words to express the loss of our associate, and we are mourning alongside their family," reads a statement from Walmart.

City officials said 11 employees at the city's Walmart location have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, including the associate who died.

“We didn’t want to get into that point and I thought it was time that we stopped this," Jones said.

Employees at the Quincy Walmart will begin to undergo COVID-19 on Tuesday and Jones said she will be keeping a very close eye on the situation.

As of Monday, Koch said there were 885 confirmed coronavirus cases among Quincy residents, including 80 that resulted in death. The mayor said 371 of those residents have fully recovered from the virus.